Goswin of Anchin

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Saint Goswin
Born1086
Douai, County of Flanders
Died1165
Pecquencourt, County of Flanders
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 9 October

Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France. Goswin studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology. [1] He then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, and became a Benedictine monk. In 1130 he was made abbot of the Anchin Abbey in Pecquencourt near his hometown. [2]

Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt in northern France.

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References

  1. "Saint Goswin". 10 October 2008.
  2. "St. Goswin - Saints & Angels".